The panel reveals which console has quietly become the second Dreamcast, their honest feelings on how Sonic Frontiers is looking so far, which game Tim started 24 times before finishing, and much more.

HEADS UP! During Question 6, beginning at 45:51, Tim starts telling a story that contains some pretty horrifying dental trauma. If you don’t want to hear bad things happening to teeth, please skip to 49:37.

Questions this week:

1. Is a tech demo a video game? (02:36)
2. Are we getting a new Space Harrier? (13:41)
3. What are the best fonts and typefaces in video games? (20:22)
4. Design eight characters for a Street Fighter spinoff where each character is based on a U.S. state (26:31)
5. Mono asks: What’s the saddest sound you’ve ever heard in a video game? (35:06)
6. Do you or does someone you know have video game superstitions? (41:27)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (52:39)

Recommendations and Outro (58:15)

Fly away to the forums to discuss this episode!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Mega Man / Rockman series
• Karl Malone
• GameFan
• Die-Hardman
• Sonic Frontiers gameplay
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Important note: At one point in this episode Tim insists that we recognize that Jerry was dethroned by Carl for just a moment.
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Sonic Adventure
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Alex Kidd series
• Halo: Infinite
• Destiny
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• The Night Sky Prince
• Elden Ring
• Yooka-Laylee
• Space Harrier series
• Air Twister
• Air Twister trailer
• Apple Arcade
• Top Gun (1986)
• Apple TV 4K
• Fantasian
• ChuChu Rocket! Universe
• Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
• Sōkyūgurentai
• Mars Matrix
• Wild Arms 2